Corrections Officer

Hays County Sheriff's Office Corrections Officer

Under administrative supervision, the Corrections Officer performs duties to ensure the safety and security of all inmates and staff in the jail facility. This position maintains that level of security while conducting the operations of the jail at the County Sheriff's Office. This position affects the operation of the Sheriff's Office as well as the well-being of inmates, county employees and the public.

The work involves addressing a variety of problems and situations. The Corrections officer must have a strong work ethic. The Corrections Officer must follow directions, meet deadlines, have good attendance, be punctual, be reliable, be honest and have integrity, be free from moral turpitude and have a proper attitude.

Individual serves at the pleasure of the elected official.

Responsibilities include assuring the services delivered by the Sheriff's Office meet quality and timeliness standards, monitoring cameras to observe inmate movement and interaction and document any unusual occurrences, controlling doors throughout the facility to control access into and out of various parts of the facility, communicating with inmates to provide and receive information, maintaining daily activity log for succeeding shifts, transferring inmates to and from Bonding to other areas within the Jail, receiving criminal histories of inmates, conducting headcounts of inmates in their daily activities of recreation, work, and other multiple locations, maintaining constant vigilance for unusual or questionable activity by inmates, assisting other officers as needed, releasing inmates to work releases and checking work release inmates back into the facility, delivering inmate food trays and picking them up at the end of meal periods, receiving and delivering inmate request forms, including visitation, commissary, medical, and other requests, conducting pat downs of incoming arrestees for security and safety of inmates and staff, obtaining personal information on inmates for booking process including medical history, suicidal tendencies, next of kin, place of birth, tattoos, address, phone, and other related information, updating information and processes arrestees into the jail, photographing and fingerprinting arrestees and inmates for local and out of county agencies, assisting Judge in magistration by preparing proper forms and rosters, preparing necessary paperwork and interviewing inmates for criminal history, violent and aggressive tendencies, escape history, etc.

to determine the most suitable housing assignment, locating appropriate inmates for assignment to trustee position (inmate worker), entering data into inmate classification files, updating and producing various lists, documents and forms maintained on the computer, resolving disputes involving inmates, maintaining inmate phone system as directed, providing a uniform procedure of inmate visitation so all inmates that have completed the policy requirements may have visitors, answering and filing requests from inmates pertaining to visitation, providing for the safety and security of inmates and staff by ensuring the care, custody and control of the inmate and protecting the inmate from themselves and others, operating the commissary funds by making deposits and withdrawals from inmate accounts as they order commissary items and invoicing inmate accounts for payments while ensuring total accuracy by balancing accounts daily, delivering commissary items to inmates, making bank deposits, writing checks and balancing checking accounts, accounting for and handling petty cash as needed, providing the equipment and supplies needed to maintain a clean environment to which to live, prohibiting the growth and spread of disease, varmints, rodents, and parasites, supervising the Jail laundry ensuring clothing and other articles are washed, disinfected, and clean on a regular basis promoting a clean work environment for fellow employees and inmates, escorting inmates to see family members in emergency situations, including critical illness, death, funeral, and other similar situations as well as scheduled doctor…